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4. COMMERSONIA Forster 



COMMERSONIA BARTRAMIA (Linn.) Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 

 362, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 259. 

 Muntingia bartramia Linn. Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 124. 

 ■ Commersonia echinata Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 44, t. 22; DC. Prodr. 

 1 (1824) 486; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 160, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 

 287. 

 Commersonia platyphylla Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 60S; DC. Prodr. 1 

 (1824) 486; Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 378; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880') 29; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 17, t. 19, 

 f. D, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 69; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 

 113; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 37, Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 93. 

 Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao, in most islands and prov- 

 inces; often common in thickets and second-growth forests at low and 

 medium altitudes. Indo-China and the Malay Peninsula through the Malay 

 Archipelago to Polynesia. 



Local names: Adupi (Ig.) ; anilau-babae (Tag.); anitap (Neg.) ; bago 

 (Tag.) ; bagun (Klg.) ; baliturug (P. Bis.) ; bulo-bulo (Tag.) ; kaddeng 

 (Ig.) ; kakaag (Ilk.); kanit (Sub.); kulilio (Tag.); kurikai (Sul.) ; labaya 

 (Tag.) ; labaio (Tag.) ; mayamaga (Bis.) ; mayamagan (C. Bis.) ; patalo 

 (P. Bis.); patolo (Tag.); paminta (Ig.) ; tolo (Bag.); tongilau (Yak.). 



5. BUETTNERIA Loeffling 



BUETTNERIA ECHINATA Wall. Cat. (1829) No. 1149, nomen nudum; 

 Gagnep. in Lecomte Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine 1 (1911) 520; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 316. 

 Mindoro, B. S. 21268 Escritor. In thickets or second-growth forests at 

 low altitudes. Nepal, Burma, Indo-China. 



6. LEPTONYCHIA Turczaninow 



LEPTONYCHIA BANAHAENSIS (Elm.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 

 (1909) Bot. 291. 

 Grewia banahaensis Em. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 319. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, 

 Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines) , Samar. In primary for- 

 ests at low and medium altitudes; very similar to L. heteroclita (Roxb.) 

 Kurz, differing in its floral characters. Endemic. 



Local names: Baniakau (Ibn.) ; maladahglin (Tag.) ; malatungas (S. 

 L. Bis.); musar (Tag.). 



7. A B ROM A Jacquin 



ABROMA AUGUSTA (Linn.) Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 341 (Ambroma) ; DC. 

 Prodr. 1 (1824) 485; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 183; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 29; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 17, t. 19, f. C; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 93, 3 (1908) Bot. 420. 

 Theobroma augusta Linn. Syst. ed. 12 (1767) 233. 

 Abroma fastuosa Jacq. Hort. Vind. 3 (1776) 3, t. 1; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 98, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 259; Perk. 

 Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 113; Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 

 365, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 259. 



